Made-By-Hand Fairy Houses

Freeland Library  -- Create a small whimsical home for your fairies from sticks, bark, pebbles, shells, feathers, etc. All you need is your imagination, we’ll provide the glue guns. Feel free to bring collected bits of nature to share with the group. Registration required.

Jerry Lubinski Memorial Car Show

Ryan’s House for Youth, Coupeville  -- Hot dogs will be served and classic cars will be on site. A self-guided tour of local barns is included. Raffle, door prizes, and a prize for best car. $25 per car, all proceeds benefit Ryan’s House for Youth. Register at ryanshouseforyouth.org

Bluesberry Festival

Mutiny Bay Blues Blueberry Farm, Freeland  -- Featuring Leroy Bell and his only friends, The Stacy Jones Band, Breaks and Swells, Janie Cribbs and the T.Rust Band, The Hot Club of Troy. $40 for adults, kids under 12 are free. A fundraising event for South Whidbey Commons. Brownpapertickets.com/event/4256417

Cricket & Snail Perform at UUCWI

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island (UUCWI), 20103 SR 525 --- The public is invited to come hear Cricket & Snail perform at UUCWI. Enjoy something out of the ordinary, music that is evocative, heartfelt and fun. Cricket & Snail is a violin-accordion duo living in Prague that performs an eclectic mix of classical, early 20th-century popular and folk musical styles that transport listeners […]

American Roots Music Series

Deception Pass State Park, West Beach Amphitheater  -- Squirrel Butter performs traditional and original music influenced by Appalachian, early country, jug band and blues artists from the late 1800s through 1950s. Husband and wife duo Charlie Beck and Charmaine Slaven share a deep love of traditional music. The concert is free to attend, though a […]

Live Music: Cool Water

Penn Cove Taproom, Coupeville  -- Award-winning Cool Water, Brooke Pennock and Wendy McDowell, bring their unique harmony driven folk rock Americana style. Hailing from the Seattle area, this twosome have 10 full-length CD recordings to their name and they are back by popular demand. No cover. For more information, call 360-682-5747 or visit www.penncovebrewing.com.

Truth and Consequences: #MeToo and the New Sexual Landscape

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley -- Sociologist Pepper Schwartz Leads Discussions at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts  -- In October 2017, actress Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” That came on the heels of stories by The New York Times and New […]

Hiking Close to Home

Oak Harbor Library  -- Maribeth Crandell shares her favorite hiking trails of Whidbey, Fidalgo, and Guemes.

Explore Summer: Rocks in Space

Coupeville Library  -- Comet? Meteor? Asteroid? Why are there so many names for bits of rock in space? Join us and have fun exploring a universe of rocks. For children ages 6 and up and their caregivers.